Recording meter



Dec. 8, 1925. 1,564,513

R. P. BROWN RECORDING METER Filed De. 17. 1924 4 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR RICHARD R BRowN Dec. 8,1925. 1,564,518

R. P. BROWN Y I REORDING METER Filed ned. 1v, 1924 4 sheets-sheet 2 mvENToR RICHARDP. BROWN R. P. BROWN RECORDING METER Filed Dec. 17, 1924 4 Sheets-.Sheet 3 INVE NTO R- W2: JW f ATTo'RNeY RICHARD P. BROWN Dec. l8 1925.

R. P. BROWN` RECORDING METER Filed Dec. 17, 1924- 4j sheets-sheet `4' l rNvENToR RICHARD P. BRowN- intervals. .tion 1s uto provle an nnproved lnstrument lPatented 1,925-#54 AUNlfri-:D'

RICHARD P. BROWN, or rriILAnELrHI-A,rENNsvrivANrA, :Ass-IGNOR 'rofarria BROWN INSTRUMEN'J; COMPANY, or rRILADELPHrA, PENNsYnv'ANIA, A CORPORATION or.

rENNs'YLvANIA.

-v Application mea necemtef 1 To @ZZ whom t may concern: Be it known that I, RICHARD y1". BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and resident o-i'" Philadelphi-a, in the county ofPhiladel pha and State of Pennsylvania, have in-v vented certain new and usefuldmprovements in Recording Meters, of which, the following is a specication.l

My present lnvention Are'latesto recording instruments such as electric recording lpyrometers and the like, in which a record is made on a travelling record sheet by depressing the pointer of a meter element into Contact with the record lsurface at regular Thefreneral object of theinvenof the character described characterized in general by the sim licity and effectivenessy of the provisions ihr supporting and 9.6.-'v vancing the record sheet, and in particular by the general arrangement of such provisions, as well as by specific features of oonstruction tliereof,'whereby ythe record pro'- duced is in -position to be inspectedV immediately, or very shortly after the recordpis made, and whereby portions of record sheet on which a record has been .made ma be. severed soon after the record is made rom the portion of the record sheet on which a .record is vbeing made without interfering. with the continued 'record `l formation.

The various lfeatures of novelty which' characterize my invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming, a part of this specification..` For a better understanding of the invention, however, its advantages and speciiic objects attained withits use, reference should'. be,F

had to the accom anying drawings and descriptive matter, iniwhich I have illustrat-l ed and described a preferred embodiment of the invention. l

Of the drawings: Fig; 1 is a front elevation of the instrument; Fig. 2 Vis an elevation of one side AofA the instrument with the front cover removed; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the opposite 'side of the instrument with the front cover removed; l

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4Of Fig. l; and l v Fig. 5 is a section taken similarly/ to Fig. 4, but on a .larger scale, Ofa portion of the record sheet means.A

Y RECORDING METEREI 7,1924.A 'serial 110.756,435; i

',In the drawings, IV'h'ave illiistrated my thant'wo such elements, and that each meter element of the instrument may have its r.amr

Supperting l and advancingr -invention in a duplexv electric pyrometer movements recorded on` an individual rec' Ord sheet, if desired.

yAs shown, the meter elements Dare secured: to `the rear side of the meter element support B which is in the'form ofV a door hinged to'a stationary meter'chousing art `A 'formed with a meter chamber of 0X-- like`shape, the rear, top,v bottom and side for the chamber A. B3 represents the A walls of which are formed by integral porn tions ofthe housing part A, while the me- .terelement supportB forms a hinged door movable clamping screws'normally securing A` the support -B in fixed position against the housing member L The meter pointers D project through'slots B4 in the support B. Asjsh wn, adjusting devices D2 ofv 'known form or setting the movable systems of the meter elements into the proper z ero or Open circuit positions, also extendfthroughislots 'B5 in 'the-member B. The' recording mechanism comprises' a motor mechanism Q advantageously attached'to the free edge of the door or meter'element support B, and themechanism for supporting theprecord sheet R and cooperating with the pointers D to/make records on the record sheet R, is mounted on the front sideof the member B. The meterhousing, including the member B which form the support for the meter elements D and thecooperating recordlng mechanism, and also forms a door for the "chamber 5A in which the .meter elements proper. are normally received, :form no 'part of thewpresent invention, and. while novel with me, are 'not claimed herein, but,`

The presentinvention is. concerned with the construction and arrangement of the means .for supporting and* advancing the record vsheet R now to be described. Sefcured to the front side of the cover or supporting member B is a frame shown as comprisin a pair of sheet metal side members C, an, members E, F, G, and H, also advantageously formed of sheet metal, which extend between and space apart the two side members C, each of the members E, F, G,

an d-H being secured at its ends to, and serve ing to tie together thc two'side members Cv. The two side members C`which extend lperpendicularly `away from the frontside of the member B are secured to the latter, as by means of screws C threaded into vertical ribs B2 formed for .the purpose on the front side of the member B.

' vThe record sheet R, which normally is a paper web or strip, is. drawn from a supply roll wound on a spindle J. The latter is removably received in open bearing slots C and also in the housing or supporting frame of the motor Q by which the spindle I is rotated. The feed roll I, as is usual in "instruments of the character illustrated, yis formed at its ends with sprocket teeth I2 which enter ably spaced ho s R formed in the record strip R at the opposite edges of the latter. The paper R is held in contact with the rollby slotted guide clips L which overlap the record strip at the oppositeside edges of the` latter. The clips L are secured to the side frame members C, and'have their ends bent laway from the roll I to 'permit the sprocket teethw to enter and leave the slots in the intermediate portions of the clips, said intermediate portions following Fthe contour ofthe feed roll, and beingspaced away from the latter only sufficiently to recelve the record sheet.

In so far as above ,describefLthe slotted clips L are of the usual form, but they are preferably `formed as. shown, with special pointer-like projections L by which the proper time settin of the record sheet v.is secured,as hereina er explained. j i y The cross frame member G is of inverted trough-shape, and is formed' at its uppermost portion with an uprising rib G which forms a straight edgeov'er which the record sheet R is drawn and against which the paper is pressed by the pointer D in the record forming operation. The cross member F in lpreviously formed and suitl ing successively en addition to forming a connecting brace bw, tween the (side member C serves asa guide f'for threading the loose end of the record strip from a fresh supply roll on the supply spindl-J, into place above the record )sheet .supporting guide G. The front cross member H which is in the form of a vertical plate, inv addition to serving as a connecting brace between the lside members C, formsv a platform adapted to support the depending end of the record strip when, as is frequently required, a pen or pencil endorsement is to be made on the record4 strip R', particularly just before a. depending section of the record'strip is to be severed from the portion of the record. strip engaging the feed roll I. This platform may also be of assistance in the actual operation of tearing or otherwise severing the depending section of the record strip from the portion of the record strip adjacent the roll I. To make the record formed each time a pointer D is depressed visiblev immediately, or as soonjas possible after the record is made,

the straight edge is brought as near as is practically'possible to the front of the instrument, and is located well above the feed roll. Preferably also, the front side G2 of they record support G is downwardly inclined toward the feed roll at a sharp angle, so that the advancing movement of the record strip is sharply downward as it moves away from the straight edge G and. into contact with the feed roll I. For, the same general purpose of making all portions ofrthe 'record in front of the straight edge readily accessible and comparable, the front surface of the. plate H is advantageously made tangential, or'practically so, to

the feed roll I. To this end the upper vedge l of the plate H isbevelled as indicated 1n Fig. 5 at H. c

In the meter shown, a depressor M p1votally'supported at M', is intermittently actuated by the motor Q. to depress the meter pointers D' 4and thereby cause a record to be madeon the record sheet R. The mechanismL for causing the depressor M to turn about its pivotal axis M', advantageously 'in-- cludes a rock shaft O link-connected to the depressor Mla'nd actuated through a crank arm and suspended Vmember P. the latter beaged by the successive teeth of a vtoothe camwheel Q.

mechanism need not be further describedv herein, however, as it forms no part of the present invention, and -is disclosed and claimed in the application of George W. Grisdale for Letters VPatent Serial No.

671,962, filed October 31, 1923.

"llhis position above the str-a1 normally drawn upon rollsrSj2 carried by a supporting frame' l 4 S. The frame S G', as shown in Fig'. 4,

to each downward movement of the depressor M by -which a reeordis made. The mechanism for thus advancingv and retracting the ribbon and for feeding the latter 1s operated by the inptor Q, but' is not shown in detail and need-'not be further described' 'skilled in 'the'art that changes may herein, as it forms no 'part of the present invention, and is disclosed and claimed in an casing-A and uniting with'the cover'T to resents a loclringl device fdr releasablyloc application for'patent of George Vf. Grisdale Serial No. 671,963, filed October 31, 1923.

Therecordi'ng closed byl a cover a larger lass front twindow,

mechanism is normally enA T which is provided 4with surrounding the walls of the 'meter element lforman enclosing housingjforthe instrumentas a whole, closed position ing the cover Iv in its closed' position.

In an-vinstru'me'nt 'of the character de.-

scribed, it is ingeneral desirable thatwhenever the instrument is brou ht'into service the record sho'uldbe adjusted in timed relal tion with the 'driving clock motor.. ample, itA may well be thatl at each veven hour one of the time indicating lines R2 on the record strip should straight edge G. As the portion .of the record strip directlyv above the straight edge G is difficult to locate with precision, I'have provided the pointer-like projections L on the adjacent sides projections L are placed a known distance in advance of the straight edgejG. For eX- ainple, the projections L may well be set exactly ahead of the straightedge G adistance correspondingto one hours travel of the record sheet R.' A

The described mechanism for'supporting the recording strip while the record is being made, and for guiding it over and away from the feed roll I, is characterized by its simplicity and effectiveness, and by'thefact that the record formed on each depression of the depressor M becomes plainly --visible from the front of the instrument as soon as the depressor'I is elevated and the transfer ribbon S3 is retracted or after a very slight advance of the record strip, and in this respect the instrument embodies an important practical advantage over instruments of the general type now in use.

s 'sliortens the time ht edge vjust prior.

and is 4hingethe 'stal when'thefeiver T is in its as shown in'Fig. 1; T2 re :.guideand drawing the For eir-v l fromthe latter, whereby be directly above the of the clips L. These rention is that the depending 'record sheet may be severed from the portion ofthe'sheet in operative engagement with the feed roll short distance, lfrom the This' obviously desirably l following themaking of a record, when the portion of the record sheet containing such record can be removed 'for I at'a relatively straight edge G.

v filing or examination.

Vliile in accordance with. the provisions of the statutes', I have illustrated and described the best form of my invention now knownto ine,.it will ybe apparent to those be made aratus disclosed withe` spirit of my invenand in the form of the ap ont departing from t tion as set forth in the appended claims,

l 'Having now described my invention what that certainfeatu'res ofthe invention may sometimes bev used with advantage -without a correspondingruse of other features. I

l claim as new and desire to secure by 4Letters Patent, is :y v

,1. In a recording instrument comprising a meter pointer movable I,in a horizontal plane and means for intermittently depressing said pointer, the improved means for supporting and advancing a record sheet'beneath the pointer comprisinga .stationary guide forminga straight edge against which the record sheet is pressedby the pointer and a record impression thereby made when the pointer is depressed, and a feed roll located directly beneath and closely adjacent to said record sheet over sharply downward the portion of the record sheet between said guide and roll is relatively veryl short and the interval between the time at which the record impression -isl made on the sheet by the pointer and the time at which the portion of the sheet containing Jtheflast mentioned record impression can be detached'without dist-hrbing the feed of the sheet is correspondingly short.

said straight edge and 2. In -a recording instrument comprisinga y meter .pointer movable in a horizontal plane and means for intermittently depressing the latter, the improvedmeans for supporting and advancing' a. recordY strip beneath the pointer comprising `a feed roll and guide above the feed roll forming a straight edge over which a record stripfis drawn sharply downward by the feed roll, said straight edge and'pointer 'co-operating to form a recrrd impression on the record strip when the fpointer is depressed.

In a recording instrument comprising a .meter pointer movable in a horizontal plane and means for intermittently depressf ing the latter, the improved means for supporting and advancing a record strip comprising a feed roll and guide of inverted trough-like shape above the feed roll and forminga straight edgeover which a record sheet is drawn sharply downward by the feed'roll, said straightedge and pointer cqoperating to form a record impression on the i record strip when the pointer is depressed.

4. In a recording instrument comprising a meter pointer movable in a horizontal plane,- the improved means for supporting a record strip and advancing it past the free end of the pointer, comprising a supporting frame and a record strip feed roll mounted inthe frame adjacent thefront edge of the latter, and a vertically disposed plate-like frame portion extending tangentially of the feed roll downward from the latter at the front side thereof along which the depending record strip passes and ladapted to form a support forthe latter when inscriptions thereon are being made. v v

5. In a recording instrument comprising a Ametei pointer movable in a horizontal plane,

the improved means for supporting a record strip and advancing it past the free end of the pointer, comprising a frame formed of spaced-apart side plates, a feed roll journaled 'in said side plates, a record strip supply roll journalled in said side plates, and rame members connecting said side plates and forming athroat-like passage for guiding the portion of the record sheet running from the supply roll oventhe feed roll.

6. In a recording instrument comprising Y a meter pointer'. movable in a horizontal plane, the improved means for supporting a record strip and advancing it past the freeN endof the pointer comprising a straight edge beneath the path of movement of the freef Vend of the pointer, a feed roll beneath said straight edge for feeding the record strip vover the latter, guides for holding the paper in contact with the feed roll and projections thereonpin spaced relation to said straight edge and cooperatingewith the latter in a time setting of the record strip. I

'7. In a recording instrument comprising .a meter housing and a meter mounted therein and provided with a meter pointer movable in a horizontal` plane, the improved means for supporting a record strip and advancing it past the free end of the pointer comprising a pair of spaced-apart frame parts secured to said housing, a feed roll -journaled in said frame parts, a member of an inverted4 trough shape extending between said frame parts above said feed roll and providing a straight edge over which a record strip is drawn downwardly and sharply away from the straight edge by the feed roll, a second member connecting said frame parts at the rear of the -first mentioned member and cooperating with the first mentioned memberto form a throat through which the freeend of a record strip may be threaded into place above and over the straight, edge, and means for supporting a record strip supply roll in the lower portion of said frame.

8. In a recording.instrumentcomprising a meter pointer movable in a horizontal plane, the improved means for supporting a record strip and advancing it past the free end of the pointer, comprising 'a straight edge be- 

